In the present study, five-year of precipitation features (PFs) datasets, based on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), are used\nto investigate the global and regional characteristics of extreme rainfall events (EREs). )e EREs are defined based on the PFs area,\ndepth (maximum height of radar reflectivity), and the rain rate and called them largest, deepest, and intense EREs, respectively.)e\nEREs are divided into top 10%, 1%, 0.1%, and 0.01% based on their frequency of occurrences. It is observed that occurrences of\nEREs belonging to less than top 0.01% EREs follow the tropical rainfall climatology over the tropics based on all the parameters.\nSubtropical oceanic areas consist of a higher frequency of largest EREs, whereas tropical land areas consist of the higher number of\ndeepest EREs. )e most intense EREs (top 0.01%) are uniformly distributed over tropical areas and subtropical oceans, and spatial\ndistribution shows that a deepest ERE belongs to intense EREs in the tropical land areas. ......................
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